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On Jotham: Text and Manuscripts

Go to the Kings of Judah and Israel, Part 2 group, the Visual edition.

Iste joathan edificauit portam domus domini, que speciosa dicitur, ab hebreis porta joathan , ab aliis turris gregis; sub quo ysaias uidit dominum sedentem et naum cum michea cepit prophetare.
This Jotham built the gate of the house of the Lord, which is called the beautiful gate, or by the Hebrews the Jotham gate, or by others the Flock Tower. In the time of Jotham Isaiah saw the Lord enthroned, and Nahum and Micah began to prophesy.

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Image excerpts from the manuscripts (as grouped by main graph versions) are the result of tool-based image annotation (via Cadmus) or manual extraction. For each manuscript version only these visually annotated manuscripts are listed here. For the grouping of all manuscripts we provide a separate list (Manuscript groups). Transcriptions are semi-diplomatic following project specific rules.

Version

Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 29 (C2)

Iste Joathan edificauit portam domus domini
que speciosa dicitur. ab hebreis porta ioathan
ab alijs turris gregis. Sub quo ysaias uidit
dominum sedentem. et naum cum michea cepit pro
phetare.


Version 1

Wien, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Cod. 363 (W)

Manuscript group AT1

Iste ioathan edificauit portam do
mus domini que speciosa dicitur. ab hebreis
porta ioathan. ab aliis turris
gregis. Sub quo uidit ysaias
dominum sedentem. et naum cum mi
chea cepit prophetare

Auxerre, Bibliothèque municipale, Ms. 145 (Ax)

Manuscript group FR2

Iste ioatham
edificauit portam domus domini
que speciosa dicitur. ab hebreis porta ioa
tham. ab aliis turris gregis. Sub quo ysaias uidit dominum sedentem.
et naum cum michea cepit prophetare.

Cambridge, Trinity College, MS B.15.5 (C)

Manuscript group GB6

Iste Ioathan edificauit portam domus domini. que speci
osa dicitur. ab ebreis porta ioathan. ab aliis turris
gregis sub quo ysaias uidit dominum sedentem. et naum
cum michea cepit prophetare.


Version 2


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Version 6


Citation recommendation

On Jotham: Text and Manuscripts. In: Peter of Poitiers' Compendium historiae: a research platform and edition, ed. by Andrea Worm, et al., Graz: 2026. https://gams.uni-graz.at/query:chigc.thirdlayer?params=$1|t-joatan.

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  • Project principal investigators: Andrea Worm, Roman Bleier and Patrick Sahle
  • Mercator Fellows: Laura Cleaver and Franz Fischer